Ash receiver



Nov. 19, 1929. 1 Re. 17,492

ASI-LRECEIYER V ori inal Filed July 25, 1927' mum Reissued. Nov. 19,1929 UNITED stares PATENT OFFICE CLAUDE ELLIS, OFSERI NGVI LLE, NEWYORK, ASIGNOROF ONE HALF TO'GLL'YTOH J. ELLIS, OF SPRILNGVILLE, NEW YORKASE RECEIVER Originalflo. 1,701,496,. dated February 12, 1929, SerialNo.- 208,157, filed July 25, 1927. Application for reissue filedSeptember 26,

ting in chairs about a roomat points not convenient to tableson whichthe usual ash trays m are supported. Consequently, it has been "whichwill be comforta necessary fora smokerto arise at frequent intervals andtravel to a table or support where an ash tray may be moun ted, anddeposit ashes from a cigar'or cigarette.

An objectof the .invention is" to generallyimprove and simplify ashreceivers of the individual type. c

A further object ofl'this invention is to provide an improved individualash tray or receiver. which may always be conveniently accessible,regardless of whether a person is seated at any point or moving around;with which the ashes may be deposited whenever desired while a cigaretteor cigar is being smoked, without material eifort or attention by thesmoker, and which will be relatively simple, inconspicuous andinexpensive.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improvedindividual ash receiver which may be attached to and supported by adigit of ones hand, and while so supported positioned to receive ashesfrom a cigar or cigarette held in the same hand by simple movements ofthe digits of the hand, and

easily attached to or removed from a digit of the hand andjnconspicuous.

Another object is to provide an improved receiver ofthis type with whichlikelihood of spilling therefrom of ashes that maybe de positedthereinwill be. reduced to a II11I11- mum, and with which the deposit of ashestherein will bev facilitated.

Various other objects and advantages w1ll be apparent from the followingdescription of an embodiment of the inventlon, and the novel featureswill be particularly pointed out hereinafter in connectionwith theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

ble to the smoker,

, digits of 1929. Serial N'o. 395,434.

is a perspective illustrating the manner in which such an individual ashreceiver may be attached to a finger of a smokers hand and the ashesfrom a cigarette held in the same hand deposited therein by manipulationof the fingers.

Figure 4 is an elevation of another receiver also constructed inaccordance with the invention, and illustrating another embodiment ofthe invention.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of still another embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 6 is a plan. of the same.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of another form of the invention.

Figure 8 is a plan of the same. 7,

Figure 9 is a sectional elevation of the same, with the section takenapproximately along the line9-9, Fig. 8.

Figure 10 is a side elevation of still another embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 11 is a sectional elevation of the same, with the section takenapproximately embodiment of the invention.

Flgure 13 IS a sectional elevation of the same, with the section takenapproximately along the line 13--13, of Fig. 12. I

Figure 14 is a longitudinal, sectional elevation of the same, with thesection taken approximately along the line 14-44 of Fig. 13. Figure 15isa perspective of still another embodiment of the invention.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 3, the individual ash receiver thereinillustrated includes a cup, boxor container lof any: desired shape orsize and provided with an open. face or top. The bottom of this'cup maybe connected by a strip 2 of metal or the like to a clip attachingmember 3 of a size to receive and grip the finger of a person,preferably the ungual'or terminal phalanx of one of the ones hand. Theposition of=such digit in the clip or attaching member is shown by thedotted lines of Fig. 2, and in perspective in Fig. 3.

The clip or member 3 may be of any suitable or desired construction, theparticular form illustrated in these figures being of skeleton formationand somewhat U-shaped in cross section with the base of the U connectedto or forming a part of the strip 2 that leads to the ash receiving cup.The interior of the clip or member 8 is preferably tapered or convergentedgewise and toward the box or cup 1, so as to fit the end of onesfinger very much in. the manner of a thimble, except that the clipmayyield or expand to some extent when moved over a finger tip and thusalso yieldingly grip the finger tip. The cup is disposed in proximity toand preferably in approximate axial alinement with the portion of thefinger to which the clip may be attached, that is, with the axis of theopening of the clip 3, so that the clip 3, the strip 2 and the cup 1will form a mechanical continuation of the finger to which it may beattached, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

To facilitate the disengagement of ashes from the burning end of acigarette, a rod or bar 4 may be provided to extend across the open faceof the cup or box 1, and if the burning end of the cigarette is brushedover this bar, the ashes will fall directly into the mterior of the cupwithout danger of any falling outside of the cup. The open face of thecup or box 1 may also be partially closed by an annular ring 5 having anouter peripheral flange 6 which fits over or inside the open end of thebox or cup in the manner of a cover, with the ring extending over theopen face of the box or cup. The ring 5 may be inclined downwardly andinwardly into the cup, so as to guide into the cup any ashes which mayfall upon or be deposited upon it, and the ring acts as a flange or liparound the open edge of the cup and serves to prevent spill ng of theashes as the cup is moved about with the hand to which it is attached.During sudden movements of the finger of hand to which the cup isattached, the ashes contained in the cupwill tend to slide along thebottom and sides of the cup and might be thrown out of the cup by suchsudden movements were it not for the flange or ring which extends fromthe wall of the cup at the open edge over the cavity of the cup to someextent and acts as a barrier.

The bar 4 and the ring 5 may conveniently be combined in a singlestructure, if desired, by forming the bar as a part of the ring, inwhich case the bar extends across between opposite points of the innerperiphery of the ring, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. Thus, the ringand bar may be made integral as a single stamping and formed by suitabledies into the shape or configuration illustrated or desired.

.The clip or attaching member 3 may be attached to one of the fingers ofa smokers hand, such as to either of the last two fingers of ones hand,and preferably to the little finger of the hand. Usually the receiver ismore conveniently positioned when attached to the outer tip or phalanxof the finger as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the receiver will bedisposed just at the end of that finger.

During the use of such an ash receiver, a cigarette, for example, may beheld between the thumb and one of the fingers, or between any of thefingers in the usual manner. The receiver, however, isfastened to afinger of that hand in which one holds the cigarette while smoking it.When one desires to remove the ashes from the burning end of a cigaretteso held, the finger carrying the receiver may be bent inwardly into theposition shown in Fig. 3, the cigarette then tipped downwardly into theopen end thereof, and against the bar 4 or ring 5 if they are provided,as also shown in Fig. 3, and the bent finger then straightened out ormoved laterally by flexing it, which movement causes a cutting off orremoval of the ashes from the cigarette, such ashes falling into the cupof the receiver.

In Fig. 4 another embodiment of the invention is illustrated, the cup,bar 4 and ring 5 being of the type shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The clip 3 ofFigs. 1 to 8 is replaced by a tapered shell 7 somewhat resembling athimble which fits over and may be wedged upon the end of the finger towhich the receiver is to be secured in the same manner that a thimble issecured to ones finger. The strip 2 in such a case may be bentangularly, as shown in Fig. 4 and secured to the end of this shell. Itmay be necessary to provide shells 7 of varying sizes in order to fitfingers of different sizes, but the clip form of thimble disclosed inFigs. 1 to 3 will fit a considerably larger range of fingers ofdifferent sizes.

In Figs. 5 and 6 still another form of the invention is illustrated, thecup 1 being shown as in the form of a goblet with a shell 8 simulatingsomewhat a gloved or mail clad hand grasping the goblet between fingersto sup port it. The shell 8 has a tapered, thimblelike cavity 9 forreceiving the tip end of ones fingers, as in Fig. 4. This goblet is openat its top, and may be provided with a ring 5, or bar 4, or both, thesameas for the cup of Figs. 1 to 4.

In Figs. 7 to 9 the receiver may include a cylindrical shell or tubularmember 10. One end of the shell may be closed by a disk-like plug 11,which may be frictionally held in that end of the shell and limited inits inward movement by a plurality of slight inward indentations 12'.Midway of its ends, the shell may mount an internal disk-like plug 13,which also may be frictionally held therein and limited in its inwardmovement by a plurality of inward indentations 14 simv a thimble in itsmanner of attachment to ones finger. The slotted end of the shell ormember 10 1nay also, and preferably is, made outwardly divergent to someextent to increase thethimble eflt'ect.

The opening for receiving the ashes may be provided by cutting anaperture 16 in the wall ofthe shell or member 10 between the plugs ordisks 11 and 13. The metal along the sides of this opening may be turneddown-' wardly and inwardly to form bars or flanges 17 (Figs. 8 and 9)which serve to assist the removal of the ashes from a cigarette the sameas the bar 4 and the ring of Figs.

1 to 6, these flanges also acting somewhat like the ring 5 in preventingunintentional discharge of the ashes therefrom by the move ments of thefinger or hand to which it is attached.

Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate a receiver very similar to that shown inFigs. 7 to 9, with the exception that the slotted end for receiving thefinger tip may be made shorter and fitted over a thimble or similarshell 18 which is in turn mounted or secured to ones finger. With suchan arrangement, thimble-like shells 18 may be provided of differentsizes for use with each standard size of cup or member.

Figs. 12 to 14 illustrate still another form of the receiver, somewhatsimilar to Figs. 7 to 11, with the exception that one of the tongues 19formed by the slot 15 is hinged to the body of the shell by a simplehinge 20, and a suitable spring 21, is provided on the hinge for urgingthis tongue 19 towards the fixed tongue at that end, so as to yieldinglygrip the tip of ones finger to which itis attached. In such aconstruction, the spring 21, for example, may be a coil spring providedin the center of the hinge with its free end compressed between a tailportion 22 on the tongue 19, which extends beyond the hinge and thelower wall of the shell or receiver 10. In such an instance, one member230i the hinge to which the tongue 19 is connected may be secured to theend plug or disk 13 of the receiver in any suitable manner,'such as bysolder or rivets or both.

Obviously, the receiver may be made in various artistic forms inaddition to those illustrated in Figs. 1 to 14: and may be made toresemble various familiar articles of art. For example, in Fig. 15 thecup portion 24 of the receiver is constructed in the form'ot aphilosophers lamp with the thimble shell. 25 forming the handle thereofand enabling it 'finger,'the same aswith the other forms Thethimble-shell 25 may have to be mounted upon the tip end offon-eg thereceiver. thereon a scroll 26 representing pictorially a handle for thephilosophers lamp, whereby the artistic effect will. be verygreatly in-.

creased. This lamp may or may not have the ring 5 or cross bar 4, orboth, such as described inconnection with 1 to 6.

The receivers of. Figs. 5 to 15 may be manipulated or used in the mannerdescribed for the receiver illustrated in Figsll to 3.

It will be understood that various changes in the details, which havebeen herein described and illustrated in order to explain the nature ofthe invention, may be made by those skilled in the art within theprinciple and scope of the invention as expressed in the appendedclaims.

I claim as my invention 1. An individual ashv receiver having a socketsection formed to fit and be mounted on and carried by the tip end of afinger of ones hand, and an ash receiving section connected to saidsocket sections and extending therefrom in the direction in which thatfinger points, so as to position the ash receiving section adjacent toand beyond the end of that finger.

2. An individual ash receiver comprising a tapered socket to receive andfit over the tip end of a finger of ones hand, and an ash receptacleconnected to said socket and ex tending therefrom in the direction inwhich that finger points, so as to constitute a mechanical,approximately straight out extension of that finger.

3. An individual ash receiver comprising a socket to receive and fitover the tip end of a finger of ones hand, the socket being formed ofresilient material, and split in a longitudinal direction to fitresiliently fingers of difierent sizes, and an ash receptacle connectedto said socket and extending therefrom in the direction in which pointsthe finger on which the socket is mounted.

4. An ash receiver comprising a support having a socket with alongitudinally extending taper corresponding approximately to thediameter and average taper of ones finger, and being longitudinallysplit and of resilient material to fit over ones finger and be held byengagement with the finger against turning thereon, and a receptacle forashes'carried by said support.

5. An ash receiver comprising a support having a socket with alongitudinally extending taper corresponding approximately to thediameter and average taper ofones finger so as to fit over ones fingerandbe held by engagement with the finger against turning? thereonwithout material discomfort to the having a relatively long soeket ofskeleton form to fit snugly over ones finger with the skin of the fingerprotruding somewhat into' the openings of the form and holding thesupport against turning thereon, and a receptacle for ashes carried bysaid support.

CLAUDE ELLIS.

